Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 ( Eng. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 ) is the sixth Eurovision song contest among children, held on November 21, 2008 in the city of Limassol ( Republic of Cyprus ) in the sports center named after Spyros Cyprianou [1] . The show was led by Alex Michael and Sofia Paraskeva. The competition was won by a group from Georgia Bzikebi with the song βBzzzβ performed in a fictitious language (this song in a fictitious language was the first to win the competition). Victoria Petrik from Ukraine took 2nd place, Egle Jurgaitite from Lithuania - 3rd. Also for the first time the group became the winner of Junior Eurovision [2] .
| Junior Eurovision - 2008 | |
|---|---|
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| "Fun in the sun" (Fun in the sun) | |
| Dates | |
| The final | November 21, 2008 |
| Carrying out | |
| Location |  Cyprus , LimassolSports center "Spyros Kiprianu" |
| Leading | Alex Michael and Sophia Padsalides |
| Main broadcaster | Cybc |
| Interval act | Dima Bilan , Eurydice , Dimitris Koryalas and all participants - βHand in Handβ |
| Members | |
| Total participants | fifteen |
| Abandoned |  Portugal SwedenWithdrew the application:  Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom Israel Poland |
Map of participating countries   | |
| results | |
| Voting system | 50/50 - spectators and the jury. |
| Winning song |  Georgia "Bzz ... Bzz .." |
| Junior Eurovision | |
| β 2007 β’ 2008 β’ 2009 β | |
The motto of the competition was the phrase "Fun in the Sun" (from the English. - "Fun in the Sun") [3] , despite the fact that on the day of the competition there were thunderstorms over Limassol. The designer of the stage on which the competition was held was George Papadopoulos [4] : the site was a round island, symbolizing Cyprus, surrounded by water. The scene was nominated for the Live Design Excellence Awards [5]
Several changes were made to the competition rules [6] [7] [8] :
- not only children but also adults were allowed to be co-authors of competitive songs (provided that all rights to the songs will belong to children);
- from now on, no more than 6 people can be on the scene (previously there was a limitation of up to 8 people)
- the winner is determined not only by viewers, but also by the national jury according to the 50:50 principle - both children and adults are on the jury
Content
- 1 List of participants
- 2 Map
- 2.1 Distribution of votes
- 3 notes
- 4 References
List of Participants
| No. | A country | Artist | Song | A place | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Romania | Madeline Lefter and Andrad Pop | "SalvaΘi planeta!" | 9 | 58 |
| 02 | Armenia | Monika Manucharova | "Im ergi hnchuny" | 8 | 59 |
| 03 | Belarus | Daria Nadina , Karina Zhukovich and Alina Molosh | "Heart of Belarus" | 6 | 86 |
| 04 | Russia | Mikhail Puntov | "Sleeping angel" | 7 | 73 |
| 05 | Greece | Nicky Yannuchu | "Kapoia nichta" | fourteen | 19 |
| 06 | Georgia | Bzikebi | "Bzzz ..." | one | 154 |
| 07 | Belgium | Oliver | "Shut Up" | eleven | 45 |
| 08 | Bulgaria | Krastiana Krasteva | "One dream" | fifteen | fifteen |
| 09 | Serbia | Maya Mazic | "I have perished cad in the sky after the tracks" | 12 | 37 |
| 10 | Malta | Daniel Testa | Junior Swing | four | one hundred |
| eleven | Netherlands | Marissa grasdake | "1 dag" | 13 | 27 |
| 12 | Ukraine | Victoria Petrik | Sailors | 2 | 135 |
| 13 | Lithuania | Egle Jurgaitite | "Laiminga diena" | 3 | 103 |
| fourteen | Macedonia | Bobi Andonov | βSpend my SMSβ | 5 | 93 |
| fifteen | Cyprus | Elena Mannuri and Haris Savva | "Yiupi yia" | 10 | 46 |
Map
Distribution of votes
| results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 58 | four | 2 | 2 | one | 5 | 2 | one | 8 | 8 | four | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| Armenia | 59 | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
| Belarus | 86 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | four | four | 7 | - | 12 | ||||||||
| Russia | 73 | - | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | - | 2 | four | one | 7 | one | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||
| Lithuania | 103 | 8 | - | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | one | 10 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| Serbia | 37 | one | one | - | 3 | - | one | - | - | 12 | one | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 45 | 2 | 2 | one | one | four | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | - | 2 | four | 12 | ||||||||
| Bulgaria | fifteen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||||||||
| Cyprus | 46 | four | 3 | - | - | 2 | four | - | four | - | - | - | 12 | four | one | 12 | ||||||||
| Macedonia | 93 | 10 | 6 | 7 | four | 6 | 8 | four | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 135 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 27 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | one | - | - | - | one | - | 12 | ||||||||
| Greece | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||||||||
| Malta | one hundred | 7 | 7 | four | 5 | 7 | one | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||
| Georgia | 154 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | four | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
Notes
- β All about Junior Eurovision 2008 (rus.)
- β CONGRATULATIONS GEORGIA! . junioreurovision.tv. Date of treatment October 23, 2013.
- β Get to know the venue, Spiros Kiprianou, Palais Des Sports . Oikotimes.com. Date of treatment October 23, 2013. Archived March 29, 2012.
- β BDigital Web Solutions. Scenery and sets design and construction . Skinotechniki.com. Date of treatment August 12, 2012.
- β Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 . Livedesignonline.com (March 23, 2010). Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived July 22, 2012.
- β Junior Eurovision 2008, organization of the contest
- β Changes to Junior Eurovision confirmed . oikotimes.com. Date of treatment October 23, 2013. Archived March 29, 2012.
- β Junior: Minor format changes introduced . Eurovision.tv. Date of treatment October 23, 2013.